Climate Change

Here’s some sobering news for you: as per Manila Bulletin, researchers revealed that the UN projections of how much current climate policies and national pledges to cut carbon pollution will slow global warming are more uncertain than widely assumed. To put things into perspective, the UN said existing policies would see Earth’s average surface temperature […]

The world may be focused on the COVID-19 pandemic right now, but here’s some sobering news: a report recently revealed that the 65 most vulnerable nations will see their GDP drop 20% on average by 2050 and 64% by 2100 if the world heats up 2.9 degrees Celsius. As per GMA News Online, the study […]

Ahead of this year’s upcoming COP26 conference in Glasgow, talk of humanity reaching the 1.5C warming threshold has had many leaders scrambling to announce plans for sustainability in the future. Despite calls to lower greenhouse gas emissions and limit pollution, it seems that the world is inching dangerously close to passing 1.5C. The results of […]

Of all the things you think climate change would affect, you’d never expect sugar and coffee. According to a report by the Stockholm Environment Institute, coffee and sugar production could be cut down to as much as 59% due to the ongoing climate crisis. Wheat production, on the other hand, is expected to increase 13.9% […]

As the world continues its war against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it looks like other pressing global issues are taking a backseat. As per ABS-CBN News Online, the United Nations (UN) said that the world remains behind in its battle to cut carbon emissions. The economic turndown propelled by the virus caused only a temporary […]